prisoner of war
Syllables: pri·son·er of warUK/ˈpɹɪz.(ə).nə əv ˈwɔː/US/ˈpɹɪz.(ə).nɚ əv ˈwoɹ/
prisoner of war noun: a combatant or soldier who is captured by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict.
Noun
prisoner of war (plural prisoners of war)
- A combatant or soldier who is captured by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict.
- As a prisoner of war, he was interrogated by his enemy captors.
- In November 1799 he entered on board the 38-gun frigate Hussar, under the immediate patronage of the first lieutenant, and four years later was serving as midshipman on board the same ship when she was lost on the Saintes, near Brest, on 8 Feb. 1804. Whilst prisoner of war, Mr. Ashworth made...1885-1900, John Knox Laughton, Dictionary of National Biography, Ashworth, Henry (1785-1811)
prisoner of war meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
prisoner of war in Hindi
- combatant or soldier captured by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict
- युद्ध-बंदी yuddh-bandī, बंदी bandī
prisoner of war in Tamil
- combatant or soldier captured by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict
- போர் கைதி pōr kaiti
prisoner of war in Marathi
- combatant or soldier captured by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict
- युद्धकैदी yuddhakaidī
prisoner of war in Urdu
- combatant or soldier captured by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict
- جنگی قیدی jangī qaidī
More languagesFewer languages
- prisoner of war in Telugu
- యుద్ధ ఖైదీ yuddha khaidī
- prisoner of war in Arabic
- أَسِير الْحَرْب ʔasīr al-ḥarb, أَسِير ʔasīr
- prisoner of war in Malay
- tahanan perang
- prisoner of war in Indonesian
- tahanan perang
- prisoner of war in Persian
- اسیر asir, اسیر جنگی asir-e jangi, اسیر حربی asir-e harbi
- prisoner of war in Thai
- เชลยศึก chá-ləəi-sʉ̀k
- prisoner of war in Vietnamese
- tù binh
- prisoner of war in Myanmar
- စစ်သုံ့ပန်း cacsum.pan:, သုံ့ပန်း sum.pan:
Synonyms of prisoner of war
Forms of prisoner of war
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Origin of prisoner of war
Calque of French prisonnier de guerre, prisonier de guerre (obsolete).
Words formed from prisoner of war
Words that rhyme with prisoner of war
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Questions about prisoner of war
- What does prisoner of war mean?
- Prisoner of war means a combatant or soldier who is captured by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict.
- What is prisoner of war in Hindi?
- Prisoner of war in Hindi is युद्ध-बंदी (yuddh-bandī), बंदी (bandī). See Prisoner of war meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is prisoner of war?
- Prisoner of war is a noun.
- How do you pronounce prisoner of war?
- Prisoner of war is pronounced /ˈpɹɪz.(ə).nə əv ˈwɔː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of prisoner of war?
- The plural of prisoner of war is prisoners of war.
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